Catman_29 294 Report post Posted November 1, 2014 I have an old box with a toasted MB and a new Box with a different OS. I want to use the old hard drive ( I have done this previously with no issues on other machines) in the new computer so I don't lose anything, but it won't start. Call me a noob, but help me out here. Please! I'm getting a headache. Old HDD is Vista... New box HDD has Win7 Home 32 on it. Any thoughts? No image available. Old box dead. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tech 425 3,942 Report post Posted November 1, 2014 I would add the Vista drive as a second hard drive and boot from the Windows 7 drive (Vista Sucks ) When you are booted up in Win7 then you can go into My Computer and look/copy what you want on the Vista Drive Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Catman_29 294 Report post Posted November 1, 2014 Thanks for the answer Tech, and if it were my machine I wouldn't be here. Problem is, it's not, and I would like it to boot up the same way as it did before meltdown. Is there any way to do this? Anybody? One of you gurus must know how to do this! I'm just a senile old man. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tech 425 3,942 Report post Posted November 1, 2014 hmmmmm I'm not sure is Vista can support the new hardware, but after you turn the system on start tapping F8 and see if you can gointo Safe Mode Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Catman_29 294 Report post Posted November 1, 2014 You mean into Win7? (Hardware is old, refurbished) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tech 425 3,942 Report post Posted November 1, 2014 No hook up the Vista drive and see if you can F8 and get into Safe Mode Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Catman_29 294 Report post Posted November 1, 2014 Will not start from Vista drive That's the issue Tried to go into recovery and got "account disabled" 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tech 425 3,942 Report post Posted November 1, 2014 Sounds like you need to go into the Bios as the motherboard doesn't see the drive Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eatmyshorts 201 Report post Posted November 2, 2014 The vista drive won't boot up because its already using the drivers for the machine it came out of. You will need to start up using the win 7 HDD and make sure the vista HD is a slave, then delete the vista OS if you have no need for it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tech 425 3,942 Report post Posted November 3, 2014 Catman I would also say ditch Vista as hackers attact old OSes more and Microsoft doesn't patch holes anymore on XP or Vista Microsoft stop updating Vista before XP also Windows 7 is alot faster and stable too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daytrader 203 Report post Posted November 8, 2014 Just copy the files u need from vista and learn the new OS on the new PC, which is what I suspect the issue is... Win 7, Win8 or new soon Win 10 are what yo must get use to.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darko 698 Report post Posted November 9, 2014 If I read this right you Vista system is corrupt. You most likely do not want to boot it to your new rig. unless you are 120% sure it was not a virus that killed it. Best thing to do it hook it up as a slave drive ánd grab the data you want or need. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites